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test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 128 05 Nov 2026, 19:37

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 163 0 0 0 0 163 21 0 21 24:43.963 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:2.874
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:19.284
And I update the APT lists using apt 36.081
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.637
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.871
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.858
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.459
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.745
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.345
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.217
And persistence is disabled 0.155
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.996
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:39.680
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.951
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.379
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.095
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.199
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.058
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.724
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.070
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.149
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.514
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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29.995
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.492
And the system is very low on memory 4.411
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.228
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.565
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.074
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.361
And I free up some memory 0.467
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.332
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.662
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:52.678
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.426
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.279
And all tps features are active 8.570
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.609
When I disable the first tps feature 2.512
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.357
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.853
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.990
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.603
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043
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14.008
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.579
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.082
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.053
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.069
When I disable the first tps feature 2.557
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.051
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.040
When I enable the first tps feature 2.453
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.047
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.597
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.008
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.075
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.050
And I disable the first tps feature 2.597
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.806
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.625
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
46.075
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.674
And the network is plugged 0.039
And Tor is ready 13.361
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.519
When I write some files expected to persist 1.082
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.471
# XXX: The next step succeeds (and the --debug output confirms that it's actually looking for the files) but will fail in a subsequent scenario restoring the same snapshot. This exactly what we want, but why does it work? What is guestfs's behaviour when qcow2 internal snapshots are involved? (tails/tails#10330)
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 11.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.204
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:45.860
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.282
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 10.588
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.121
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.374
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.487
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 12.327
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.419
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.078
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.083
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41.525
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.186
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.097
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.401
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:59.066
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.712
When I enable persistence 23.199
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.747
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.432
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.444
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.326
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.520
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.715
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.157
When I cold reboot the computer 6.257
And the computer reboots Tails 35.594
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.208
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.115
Given I enable persistence 15.816
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.067
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.288
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.333
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.845
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
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2:25.786
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 22.846
# Note that if anything fails after the passphrase was changed and
# before it's changed back below, subsequent scenarios might fail
# because the Persistent Storage doesn't have the expected passphrase.
When I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage 26.815
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.504
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:10.559
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
41.205
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.974
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.850
Then persistence is disabled 0.083
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.919
And all notifications have disappeared 8.541
When I delete the persistent partition 2.608
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.229
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.024
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:21.917
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.605
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.079
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.703
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.347
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.182
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.791
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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59.535
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.014
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.084
When I try to enable persistence 1.154
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.990
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.890
And all notifications have disappeared 8.393
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.369
And all tps features are enabled 8.151
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.487
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:49.023
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 2:4.804
And I enable persistence 27.411
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.130
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.521
And persistence is enabled 8.155
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.400
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.625
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.587
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.448
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.589
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.537
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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42.864
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.345
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.970
When I enable persistence 15.001
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.046
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.499
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.425
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.051
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.676
When I try to enable persistence 1.300
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.802
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.170
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.434
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.067
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.113
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.185
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.576
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.084
When I try to enable persistence 1.265
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.298
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.168
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.022
When I log in to a new session 10.121
And all notifications have disappeared 7.265
# Now both WhisperBack and Tor Browser has started at the same
# time, so we do not know which window is focused. The steps about
# Tor Browser care about that, but the ones about WhisperBack do
# not, so we first deal with WhisperBack and then kill it to
# ensure that Tor Browser is focused.
Then WhisperBack is prefilled for fsck with summary: "Failed to repair the file system of your Persistent Storage" 0.107
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.096
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.164
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.260
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.571
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.537
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.826
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.327
When I try to enable persistence 1.176
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.370
When I log in to a new session 9.966
And all notifications have disappeared 7.381
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.824
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.160
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000